An Apology Simply Won'T Cut It This Time Poem by Elizabeth Sheaffer

And just when I thought the tears had stopped
they resurface again, like an old love you can't get rid of.
How is it that you can taste perfection once;
have it, hold it close to you,
and throw it all away in a day?
Ah, what a tragic day is upon us.

For today is the beginning of the rest of my life,
And the rest of my life will be bleak.
All because I never truly recognized
That I had what I needed all along,
right beside me, begging for my happiness.
And all I could give perfection was grief.

Ashes to ashes
And dust to dust
I threw love away
For one night of lust.

I'm paying the price now
with my tears and regrets.
And wondering if I'm meant to be happy at all...
But I was once, wasn't I?
Because I tasted perfection back then,
And I knew it was oh so very real.
But I threw it all away like garbage.

Ashes to ashes
And dust to dust
I drove love away
With one night of lust.

The tears will just keep flowing,
Old wounds opening up
Every time your face comes before my eyes
As I remember what we shared...
The best times of my life...
And how I drove you away.
It's my fault.